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man…you pushed the hell out of that canon c70…i’ve got the same cam and my stuff looks like junk in comparison ❤🎉

Thank you very much. This was extremely helpful. I like your journalistic approach. At least you work as I did, way back when I was a newspaper editor. First I got familiar with the location. Second I interviewed the subject and took notes for my newspaper article. The last step was taking photos.

Bought the onion and love it

The music note is so true. I've definitely had to grow in dropping music out of certain scenes, and also going with more subtle tones/synths vs always having a "hero" track that is fully composed.

I really enjoyed watching this video. Very helpful. I'm just an amateur hobbyist and will remain so, but there was a lot to learn from this. Thanks for creating it for us.

Hey Curren. How would you set up in a long conference room, with a big table ind the middle that you can’t move, and with limited space to the walls (around 5 feet) all around. Windows has view to rooftop with ventilator so not an option to use windows as backdrop and not enough space. Other side has big conference screens. This is a BAD location in my view and I have to film there. Heeeelp

Nice!🎉Thank You

I recently got a CineSaddle and I love it so far. Footage looks stable and natural. The vest/monopod option looks cool. I have a monopod, but don't really use it, though the vest aspect looks like what would make it usable. Tilta makes a "gimbal support vest" that might do the trick since the Sony you mention is no longer made. It might need something to mate it with like the Oben holster since the holder is for a gimbal and pretty shallow. Hell, cuz it's so cheap I might give that a go first and strap it to my belt. Good video to give us some ideas, each one has their thing.

From some of the comments I think perhaps one thing people do is try to find a hard and fast rule out of the things people say. I would contextualize it this way, if you're moving from amateur to professional, the details are important and making sure that everything is your intention is what will matter. Lavs, sure, but if you're going to show them, then that should be a decision. Same with music, I frickin' hate when they pump the music. It comes off like a subtitle: "intense emotion happening, start crying now!" Perhaps something needs music, but moving between diegetic and music allows us space to breath as human beings. Which way too many movies don't allow for these days. Once these choices are natural, then, like most things, learn the rules, then break 'em. Professionalism results from intention.

Love this

Is having background music louder than dialog an amateur mistake?

This video is great! God bless you!

The 180 Rule.

So many good points! I just made a short film, and I regret to admit that a couple of these mistakes appeared in it. Thanks for the advice and encouragement to us beginners!

Very helpful video! Do you know a good alternative for the Sony VCT-SP1BP? I cannot find anything alike unfortunately.. It seems like a great method!

Great video! I’ve shot about 5 interviews and I love the process. Your workflow was very useful. I would have liked to see you try sliding the table towards the wall where the sink was to subtract some of the table from the frame. Or add some props on the table to break it up a bit.

Great concise advice, thank you

First time here. Thinking about making my first short documentary, thank you for the helpful no bs advice. I really appreciate it 🫡

Which 3 in one reflector would you recommend? Thank you!🙏🏾

Great content!!!

Aamazing thank you

Good video overall. But amateur UA-cam mistake is taken too long to get to your main content. You take over a minute.

Definitely keep doing interviews like this. Always great to get insights from other filmmakers.

YES the fundamentals

Nice work :-) Ta.

Good stuff. I use a 33" umbrella with a diffusion cover as my "minimalist" key and a 5-1 to bounce fill. It never occurred to me to just use a pair of 5-1s... duh.

Hi, as always great video. Thanks for sharing. A while ago I seem to remember you mentioned a Mamiya lens that you felt may be one to look out for. I can't seem to remember where you mentioned that. Do you remember what lens it was? Thanks for all your wonderful advice.

Thank you! Good stuff. Greets from Austria.

We decided to show our lavs for the filming of our show. We wanted to get across the rawness of our paranormal investigation. Showing the lavs helped in this situation. In any other situation i never show the mic.

Thanks for the video! One of the hardest things -- at least in my opinion -- is to get good audio on the fly. And hiding a LAV mic properly is no easy task. It takes a skilled audio tech to make it happen. But, we don't always get to have that luxury. As a suggestion, maybe do a video on mic hiding techniques.

Preach it.

That vest! I went straight to the description to see which one it is. I see it's not made anymore (I think you have a typo there). Does anyone know of an equivalent? I can't find any on the web.

Thank you for making this video.

Great video, on tips that a lot of filmmakers and professional filmmakers don’t know about. With the new lav mic sets from DJI and rode. That I see near enough every decently sized UA-camr use and DON’T hide it, which massively bugs me, and a lot of them can afford the extra lav attachments. I do agree with you that autofocus is a great tool and I have learnt that it works wonders for interviews on the Eos R and the C70 which is one of my favourite cameras I’ve ever used, my question is that when using a cheaper camera that doesn’t have that good of autofocus like my canon 700d would you recommend using manual focus? Since I’ve mainly got a action sports background and I pretty much use manual for everything since my cameras auto focus is terrible in video.

Ok im sorry but I was literally watching a Netflix show and a current PBS show and they were using lav's that showed. "Professional" does not determine hiding mics although it's a great technique to do but don't let that stop you from thinking you're not a professional for not hiding it, mistakes happen and sometimes, you simply have NO TIME. Now that one lady with the rope of Lav... yea that was horrid otherwise. Also, the majority is not shooting for no Netflix that everyone seems to go straight too only, not Amazon or Tubi not even Freevee. A documentary is 100% ok for this and you shouldn't be laving if you shooting actual movies anyways, you boom that ish. This wall to wall this... THOUSANDS of movies utilize music front-in between-end. The viewers is going to know how to feel, the music is only there to insinuate the cause, choosing the RIGHT music or selected track will deter them or keep them in their seats. It's not used as a crutch, it's used as a tool for beginners AND professionals. some people especially beginners just tend to not make the right choice in music/tracks like youtubers having ultra loud cinematic tracks obliterating my ears and it's only a 240fps of them panning a camera or something.

for autofocus, my recommandation is to go hybrid. autofocus is a great way to quickly get a subject as a starter, but I feel it's better if you make ajustements in shots manually. Video camera should have a way to disable constant autofucus while you're filming.

Another mistake would be overusing one piece of gear because thats all you know, and not because the shot requires it to serve the story and convey a specific feeling. I see so many beginner filmmakers using a gimbal for every shot - specifically in the wedding videography scene (I specifically used the term videography because most people don't make it to the point of learning everything you just talked about to create wedding films that are audio-visual experiences). It bothers the snot out of me when people say they're just on gimbal all day because "it's faster", when in reality it actually is slower, and it looks terrible. Terrible when you should have a handheld or tripod shot and you're trying to hold something steady with a gimbal and it has a weird robotic look to it.

Great advice, Curren. Keep it up!

Excellent - great work as ever! visible Lav.. thats me all over and ive been shooting for 20 years! No excuse and Mark Bone says the same thing repeatedly. I will sort this I promis. Now a quick gear question: at 0:49 there is some sort of collapsable diffuser panel attached to something... please could you share that kit? I can see it being exceptionally useful for some of my mobile setups

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Great Points Curren Sheldon, so valuable and barely discussed as you point it out. Thank you ! Got a new Sub ✨🤓✨

Very helpful!!! Thank you so much!!!

There are instances where having the lav visible is the only option. Yes, it's not ideal, but it happens especially for live events. It would have been nice to hear your solution for this as you did point out exactly the scenario it occurs.

Ok you got me.🎉Thank You

Thanks for sharing. Have a question about lighting choice. Why did you choose to light from camera left in your PTC shot rather than light from camera right using the window behind you as motivation. I’m asking because the shot looks good but I think I would have chosen differently so trying to understand where my thinking may have gone wrong.

So glad to see you here in this platform, thanks for sharing so many golden nuggets and definitely its a honor to learn from the best!

Great content! If ever I’ll take advice on UA-cam, it would be from an Academy Award nominated filmmaker. Thank you for the wisdom!

i have been self learning cinematography and lighting don't have hands on experience . but know theory about staging,camera,lighting,color grading,basic editing, how can i move forward. currently dont have enough confidence plus money to buy a camera . plus i live in a city where majority of productions are being made but don't know how to approach. whereas on instagram many dops are looking for demo reels, porfolio. what should i do.

While there are plenty of tutorials on hiding "traditional" wireless VHF lavs and packs. I don't see many hiding the newer Bluetooth-style mics as you show. Sometimes they can be a vital tool when shooting a documentary and you really don't have the time to say "Hold on while I search for the best frequency and sync transmitter and receiver." The Bluetooth mics pair almost instantly and some even do backup local recordings. Perhaps it's worthwhile doing a tutorial on how to hide one of those new Bluetooth lavs packs (if it's at all possible).

Thanks for shairing!